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Couple of Redwoods in Rotorua

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Couple of Redwoods in Rotorua

Postby sheepie on Sat Jan 14, 2006 11:12 am

Not entirely sure about these two - but there's something about them that I like...

Compositionally all wrong, but the colours and lighting struck me:
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This one's suffering a little from over processing - I really need to back off on the sky, and it could benefit from one of Stubbsy's NIK effects :?
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Postby nito on Sat Jan 14, 2006 11:56 am

Its amazing that the NZers have changed a calfornian redwood plantation into a nice tourist attraction. Its a huge plantation and really nice, well captured sheepie. :lol:
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Postby Mal on Sat Jan 14, 2006 12:06 pm

They are big trees. Nice work.
As far as the second picture goes when I was scrolling down it "cropped" the sky out.
IMHO it works turning it into a pano by removing the sky. What do you think?
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Postby sheepie on Sat Jan 14, 2006 12:16 pm

Mal wrote:...As far as the second picture goes when I was scrolling down it "cropped" the sky out.
IMHO it works turning it into a pano by removing the sky. What do you think?

I like that idea, will work on it some :) Thanks!
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Another one...

Postby sheepie on Sat Jan 14, 2006 12:40 pm

Another from the Redwood Forest in Rotorua - this one of a thermal stream along one of the pathways. The amazing thing about this spot is the wood in the water is not showing any signs of rotting - presumably the sulphur in the water (which seemed to be quite strong just here!) is taking care of that ;)

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Postby Alpha_7 on Sat Jan 14, 2006 12:54 pm

I like #2 and #3 Leon, but your first shot doesn't do much for me.
The colours in 2 and 3 really make me think of the northen hemisphere, I guess for good reason, as the flora is from there...:)
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Postby avkomp on Sat Jan 14, 2006 4:08 pm

Like the overall feel of the second shot most of all.

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Postby Big Red on Sat Jan 14, 2006 5:25 pm

i like the first pic best ... strong colours.
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